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CANCER IMMUNOLOGY IMMUNOTHERAPY
卷 49, 期 2, 页码 63-70出版社
SPRINGER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1007/s002620050603
关键词
macrophage; chemokine; tumor
资金
- NCI NIH HHS [CA72543] Funding Source: Medline
- NHLBI NIH HHS [P50HL60289, P50HL46487] Funding Source: Medline
Bronchogenic carcinoma is the leading cause of malignancy-related mortality in the United States, with an overall 5-year survival rate of less than 15%. This aggressive behavior reflects, among other traits, the capacity of the tumor to evade normal host immune defenses, and to induce a pro-angiogenic environment. A central feature of any immune response toward tumors is the recruitment of specific immune cell populations. In the present study we investigated the infiltration of monocytes in human specimens of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The presence of macrophages in NSCLC tumors was documented by immunohistochemistry. In vitro chemotaxis assays demonstrated higher monocyte chemotactic activity in NSCLC tumor homogenates than in normal lung tissue. We next investigated the expression of CC chemokines within specimens of NSCLC tumors. Levels of the CC chemokines were higher in NSCLC tumor tissue than in normal lung tissue. Immunolocalization showed that the cells associated with antigenic CC chemokines were the malignant tumor cells, as well as occasional stromal cells. Maximal inhibition of monocyte chemotaxis induced by NSCLC in vitro occurred in the presence of neutralizing antibodies to MCP-1 and MIP-1 beta. On follow-up of 15 patients in whom we quantified macrophage infiltration, we found that those with recurrence of disease had higher levels of macrophage infiltration in their initial tumors. However, the functional significance of CC-chemokine-mediated macrophage infiltration into NSCLC remains to be determined.
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